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“Sweet & Sour” is my version of that dinner table game where every guest says what the best and worst parts of the day were. As we head into the weekend, I think it’s important to get the bad stuff off your chest and remember the positives as a silver lining and energizing factor. When the…
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I had no idea I would be staying late at work on Tuesday. If I had, I wouldn’t have stocked the fridge with lots of perishable items. But then I did stay late at work and when I arrived home at 9 PM I had some salmon that had to be cooked that night or…
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My parents are coming tonight! Unfortunately, it did not work out that I could take the day off work tomorrow, but I am thrilled to be hanging out with them all weekend. The most important item on my nightstand right now is my Jo Malone lotion. It is saving my hands from the terribly dry…
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Part of the fun of enjoying a meal is dressing for it. The right outfit sets the mood. I think the food just tastes better when I’m dressed appropriately for the occation. My ensemble for a night out with the girls is very different from the one I would wear to a Sunday boozy brunch. Here,…
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I’m a big fan of Trader Joe’s demos. All they ever do is take two of their products that aren’t supposed to go together and show you that, yes, they are perfect together. I don’t know who thinks up these combos – probably a stoner stock boy – but they are almost always great and…
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Meatpacking has quite the brunch scene. Every once in a while, it’s great to get dressed up like you’re going to a club and dance on tables in the early afternoon…and then you realize you just spent an entire paycheck and it’s not even dark out. You’ve got quite the dilemma: you want to experience…
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“Sweet & Sour” is my version of that dinner table game where every guest says what the best and worst parts of the day were. As we head into the weekend, I think it’s important to get the bad stuff off your chest and remember the positives as a silver lining and energizing factor. When the…
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Langoustine is basically baby lobster. Baby lobster comes at baby prices so STOCK UP! A bag of langostino tails at Trader Joe’s costs about $9 and just need to be defrosted. So easy for something so fancy. I could throw lobster in just about anything, but for my first recipe, I wanted to pile it high…
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I had big plans for last weekend and though it ended up being fun, it was more laid back than I expected. I imagined I would run around for a bit on Saturday when, instead, I binge-watched ten episodes of “Jane the Virgin” and ordered a cheesesteak for supper. I’m not saying that’s a bad…
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Some of my 30 Before 30 items have taken longer to cross off the list because I haven’t had the opportunity. But then there are items like this one, which haven’t happened simply because I’ve procrastinated. Organize my closets? Boringggggg. You may ask why I put something like this on the list in the first…
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Peaches to Apples 